Jim Sterling / James "Stephanie" Sterling / James Stanton/Sexton & in memoriam TotalBiscuit (John Bain) - One Gaming Lolcow Thread

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Yeah Jim no surprise people give you dirty looks in the supermarket, you look like a psychopath in a dress.

Malevolent Grimace said:
Can I talk about how awful Jim's makeup is. I mean, lipstick on a pig and all that, but like, what the fuck is he going for? Highschool goth chick from the 90s?

It's real bad. He could at least put some effort into it if he's going to bother with the fucking wig and top hat for every stream.
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Its hard to properly express how bad it really is, I used to look at Jim and think "he could at least put a bit of make-up on so he looks less manly" but fuck me if looks like this with it I'd rather he didn't. For the first time I looked at him and felt genuinely uncomfortable.
 
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Steinercard said:
The same "Games are art" crowd who ignored Pathologic 1 and 2 or gave them bad reviews still don't understand the concept of difficulty as an artistic and philosophical choice in a game.
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A game designed around player actually failing some tasks and making choices that aren't binary good\bad dialog options is probably beyond their comprehension. While P1 was rough around the edges and a bit hard to get into, P2 looks and plays really well. Hell, I need to do another run and finally
hug Laura at the end
 
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indigoisviolet said:
Remember when Disney paid 70%+ of professional reviewers to rubbish Warner Bros films? And when it came to the Taxi Driver soft reboot, The Mouse paid real journalists to spread rumours that a mass shooting was going to happen at one of the cinemas? Perhaps a similar paid dating relationship exists between Bethesda and game reviewers where "difficult" games are concerned? Given Todd & co have dumbed down every title of note to the point when you are a living god by level 10, he might have a buisness reason for rubbishing games that keep up the heat on a player.

Not that Jim is being paid directly for this sort of non-review, of course. He's just late to the party, as ever.
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It would not be Bethesda that would do something like that but Sony and might be but not likely Nintendo as they both have just launced major titles in recent weeks. Would not put it past Sony as it sounds like somthing shitty they would do.
 
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Moja Zemlja said:
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Yeah Jim no surprise people give you dirty looks in the supermarket, you look like a psychopath in a dress.


Its hard to properly express how bad it really is, I used to look at Jim and think "he could at least put a bit of make-up on so he looks less manly" but fuck me if looks like this with it I'd rather he didn't. For the first time I looked at him and felt genuinely uncomfortable.
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Its funny to me that he seems to have switched entirely to using the name Stephanie in his main header and here talking about himself, but still has Jim stapled in the username for some reason.

Methinks that he's non-binary instead of just being a trans woman (which you would think he'd want to be since he goes to lengths to only present himself in feminine manner these days, he's completely renounced any masculine trappings) entirely for marketing reasons since 'Jimquistion' might still get a couple more eyes on his failing content since people have heard of it, if he goes all the way and calls it 'Screaming Stephanie' or whatever even less people will care.

Obviously he'd never admit that's the case but just lol at the idea that for all his bloviating about being himself as a glorious non-binary light in the darkness who doesn't care what other people think he's forced to maintain this non-binary indignity entirely for name recognition so his channel doesn't reach the bottom of the cliff a bit faster.
 
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Shotgun Badger said:
Its funny to me that he seems to have switched entirely to using the name Stephanie in his main header and here talking about himself, but still has Jim stapled in the username for some reason.

Methinks that he's non-binary instead of just being a trans woman (which you would think he'd want to be since he goes to lengths to only present himself in feminine manner these days, he's completely renounced any masculine trappings) entirely for marketing reasons since 'Jimquistion' might still get a couple more eyes on his failing content since people have heard of it, if he goes all the way and calls it 'Screaming Stephanie' or whatever even less people will care.

Obviously he'd never admit that's the case but just lol at the idea that for all his bloviating about being himself as a glorious non-binary light in the darkness who doesn't care what other people think he's forced to maintain this non-binary indignity entirely for name recognition so his channel doesn't reach the bottom of the cliff a bit faster.
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I've said before, "Jim Sterling" is a brand. It's a win-win. He gets to troon out, play the victim and not lose his brand recognition either. He made friends and links with other industry troons and tranny supporters so he's virtually untouchable now in that sector.

For a guy so active in calling out shitty dev practices, he seems totally fine with partnering with known habitual liar Laura Kate Dale too which is hilarious. Though it is quite funny to hear someone talk about Jim Sterling, be linked to a modern video and the reaction is consistently "Jesus Christ what the hell happened to him"
 
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indigoisviolet said:
Remember when Disney paid 70%+ of professional reviewers to rubbish Warner Bros films? And when it came to the Taxi Driver soft reboot, The Mouse paid real journalists to spread rumours that a mass shooting was going to happen at one of the cinemas? Perhaps a similar paid dating relationship exists between Bethesda and game reviewers where "difficult" games are concerned? Given Todd & co have dumbed down every title of note to the point when you are a living god by level 10, he might have a buisness reason for rubbishing games that keep up the heat on a player.

Not that Jim is being paid directly for this sort of non-review, of course. He's just late to the party, as ever.
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I appreciate the theory, but I highly doubt it. Derp Souls and its spin-offs (and imitators) have no real effect on Todd Howard's direction. Bethesda wants to make games where you are THE hero of the world, and so you're probably going to be OP (this is another hurdle to the 1000 others Fallout 76 had). It also doesn't stop these games from getting high review scores, which are more likely to influence buying the game than any tweet or blog will. While there is probably a good deal of crossover, they are different experiences. You don't play Derp Souls to be the hero, and you don't The Fallout Scrolls for the dangerous world that tries to kill you 85% of the time.

That might be the better explanation as to why most journos hate these games. They want in on this cool kids' table, but they don't want to be part of the actual experience because they don't like it (maybe they're bad at it, maybe they just don't find it fun). Rather than the game doesn't appeal to them, the fault lies in the appeal itself. They want to be the hero, not a survivor. They want to save the day, not fight to see tomorrow. So long as that is the approach (refusing to adopt new mindsets for different games) they will never be good at their jobs. Once upon a time, Jimbo made an effort to do that, even if he was still really stubborn.
 
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Moja Zemlja said:
New Jimpressions vid

Nothing really to complain about what he says, its a reasonable enough review of the game but watching the gameplay explains why he did a video about the community because he is undoubtably having people tell him to git gud over his poor gameplay.
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Just watching the gameplay and I'm sitting here shaking my head. This fat blob is worse than me at this game
The difference is he makes his whole ass living playing video games.
Just him trying, and failing, to kill a damn bird. S tier gamer moves
 
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Terfatron said:
Just watching the gameplay and I'm sitting here shaking my head. This fat blob is worse than me at this game
The difference is he makes his whole ass living playing video games.
Just him trying, and failing, to kill a damn bird. S tier gamer moves
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Meh, its skills are on average for a gaming journalist.
 
Moja Zemlja said:
New Jimpressions vid

Nothing really to complain about what he says, its a reasonable enough review of the game but watching the gameplay explains why he did a video about the community because he is undoubtably having people tell him to git gud over his poor gameplay.
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I can't believe he still says "skellingtons" instead of "skeletons", like a 10 year old who's just seen A Nightmare Before Christmas
 
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Terfatron said:
Just watching the gameplay and I'm sitting here shaking my head. This fat blob is worse than me at this game
The difference is he makes his whole ass living playing video games.
Just him trying, and failing, to kill a damn bird. S tier gamer moves
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He does not make a living playing video games. He makes a living bitching about people hurting his feelings.
 
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Moja Zemlja said:
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Yeah Jim no surprise people give you dirty looks in the supermarket, you look like a psychopath in a dress.


Its hard to properly express how bad it really is, I used to look at Jim and think "he could at least put a bit of make-up on so he looks less manly" but fuck me if looks like this with it I'd rather he didn't. For the first time I looked at him and felt genuinely uncomfortable.
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>dress for attention
>get attention
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gosh it's almost like a fat middle aged man wearing a dog collar and gaudy ginger wig in public is actually a laughable spectacle instead of something #empowering
 
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Jom Stophanie Storling is a dying breed he came into the scene when we were all set as tubers to move on from angry nerds and critics that were nostalgic. He filled a gap, he's a placeholder for better things. He just hasn't realized it yet so, he wears wigs.

I'd like to think I'd handle it better if I were him, but I doubt it.
 
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